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Ayah
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ٱلرِّجَالُ
[The] men
قَوَّـٰمُونَ
(are) protectors
عَلَى
of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
the women
بِمَا
because
فَضَّلَ
(has) bestowed
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بَعۡضَهُمۡ
some of them
عَلَىٰ
over
بَعۡضٖ
others
وَبِمَآ
and because
أَنفَقُواْ
they spend
مِنۡ
from
أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡۚ
their wealth
فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتُ
So the righteous women
قَٰنِتَٰتٌ
(are) obedient
حَٰفِظَٰتٞ
guarding
لِّلۡغَيۡبِ
in the unseen
بِمَا
that which
حَفِظَ
(orders) them to guard
ٱللَّهُۚ
(by) Allah
وَٱلَّـٰتِي
And those (from) whom
تَخَافُونَ
you fear
نُشُوزَهُنَّ
their ill-conduct
فَعِظُوهُنَّ
then advise them
وَٱهۡجُرُوهُنَّ
and forsake them
فِي
in
ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ
the bed
وَٱضۡرِبُوهُنَّۖ
and set forth to them / strike them
فَإِنۡ
Then if
أَطَعۡنَكُمۡ
they obey you
فَلَا
then (do) not
تَبۡغُواْ
seek
عَلَيۡهِنَّ
against them
سَبِيلًاۗ
a way
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
كَانَ
is
عَلِيّٗا
Most High
كَبِيرٗا
Most Great
ٱلرِّجَالُ
[The] men
قَوَّـٰمُونَ
(are) protectors
عَلَى
of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
the women
بِمَا
because
فَضَّلَ
(has) bestowed
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بَعۡضَهُمۡ
some of them
عَلَىٰ
over
بَعۡضٖ
others
وَبِمَآ
and because
أَنفَقُواْ
they spend
مِنۡ
from
أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡۚ
their wealth
فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتُ
So the righteous women
قَٰنِتَٰتٌ
(are) obedient
حَٰفِظَٰتٞ
guarding
لِّلۡغَيۡبِ
in the unseen
بِمَا
that which
حَفِظَ
(orders) them to guard
ٱللَّهُۚ
(by) Allah
وَٱلَّـٰتِي
And those (from) whom
تَخَافُونَ
you fear
نُشُوزَهُنَّ
their ill-conduct
فَعِظُوهُنَّ
then advise them
وَٱهۡجُرُوهُنَّ
and forsake them
فِي
in
ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ
the bed
وَٱضۡرِبُوهُنَّۖ
and set forth to them / strike them
فَإِنۡ
Then if
أَطَعۡنَكُمۡ
they obey you
فَلَا
then (do) not
تَبۡغُواْ
seek
عَلَيۡهِنَّ
against them
سَبِيلًاۗ
a way
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
كَانَ
is
عَلِيّٗا
Most High
كَبِيرٗا
Most Great
Translation
Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great (above you all).
Tafsir
Men are in charge of, they have authority over, women, disciplining them and keeping them in check, because of that with which God has preferred the one over the other, that is, because God has given them the advantage over women, in knowledge, reason, authority and otherwise, and because of what they expend, on them [the women], of their property. Therefore righteous women, among them, are obedient, to their husbands, guarding in the unseen, that is, [guarding] their private parts and otherwise during their spouses' absence, because of what God has guarded, for them, when He enjoined their male spouses to look after them well. And those you fear may be rebellious, disobedient to you, when such signs appear, admonish them, make them fear God, and share not beds with them, retire to other beds if they manifest such disobedience, and strike them, but not violently, if they refuse to desist [from their rebellion] after leaving them [in separate beds]. If they then obey you, in what is desired from them, do not seek a way against them, a reason to strike them unjustly. God is ever High, Great, so beware of Him, lest He punish you for treating them unjustly.
"Men and Women
Allah said,
الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاء
Men are the protectors and maintainers of women,
meaning, the man is responsible for the woman, and he is her maintainer, caretaker and leader who disciplines her if she deviates.
بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللّهُ بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَى بَعۡضٍ
because Allah has made one of them to excel the other,
meaning, because men excel over women and are better than them for certain tasks. This is why Prophethood was exclusive of men, as well as other important positions of leadership.
The Prophet said,
لَنۡ يُفۡلِحَ قَوۡمٌ وَلَّوۡا أَمۡرَهُمُ امۡرَأَة
People who appoint a woman to be their leader, will never achieve success.
Al-Bukhari recorded this Hadith.
Such is the case with appointing women as judges or on other positions of leadership.
وَبِمَا أَنفَقُواۡ مِنۡ أَمۡوَالِهِمۡ
and because they spend from their means.
meaning the dowry, expenditures and various expenses that Allah ordained in His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger for men to spend on women. For these reasons it is suitable that he is appointed her maintainer, just as Allah said,
وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيۡهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ
(But men have a degree (of responsibility) over them). (2:228)
Qualities of the Righteous Wife
Allah said,
فَالصَّالِحَاتُ
Therefore, the righteous (women),
قَانِتَاتٌ
are Qanitat,
obedient to their husbands, as Ibn Abbas and others stated.
حَافِظَاتٌ لِّلۡغَيۡبِ
and guard in the husband's absence,
As-Suddi and others said that;
it means she protects her honor and her husband's property when he is absent.
and Allah's statement,
بِمَا حَفِظَ اللّهُ
what Allah orders them to guard.
means, the protected (husband) is the one whom Allah protects.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said,
خَيۡرُ النِّسَاءِ امۡرَأَةٌ إِذَا نَظَرۡتَ إِلَيۡهَا سَرَّتۡكَ وَإِذَا أَمَرۡتَهَا أَطَاعَتۡكَ وَإِذَا غِبۡتَ عَنۡهَا حَفِظَتۡكَ فِي نَفۡسِهَا وَمَالِك
The best women is she who when you look at her, she pleases you, when you command her she obeys you, and when you are absent, she protects her honor and your property.
Then, the Messenger of Allah recited the Ayah,
الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاء
(Men are the protectors and maintainers of women), until its end.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf said that the Messenger of Allah said,
إِذَا صَلَّتِ الۡمَرۡأَةُ خَمۡسَهَا وَصَامَتۡ شَهۡرَهَا وَحَفِظَتۡ فَرۡجَهَا وَأَطَاعَتۡ زَوۡجَهَا قِيلَ لَهَا ادۡخُلِي الۡجَنَّةَ مِنۡ أَيِّ الاَۡبۡوَابِ شِيۡت
If the woman prayed her five daily prayers, fasted her month, protected her chastity and obeyed her husband, she will be told, 'Enter Paradise from any of its doors you wish.'
Dealing with the Wife's Ill-Conduct
Allah said,
وَاللَّتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ
As to those women on whose part you see ill conduct,
meaning, the woman from whom you see ill conduct with her husband, such as when she acts as if she is above her husband, disobeys him, ignores him, dislikes him, and so forth. When these signs appear in a woman, her husband should advise her and remind her of Allah's torment if she disobeys him. Indeed, Allah ordered the wife to obey her husband and prohibited her from disobeying him, because of the enormity of his rights and all that he does for her.
The Messenger of Allah said,
لَوۡ كُنۡتُ امِرًا أَحَدًا أَنۡ يَسۡجُدَ لاَِحَدٍ لَاَمَرۡتُ الۡمَرۡأَةَ أَنۡ تَسۡجُدَ لِزَوۡجِهَا مِنۡ عِظَمِ حَقِّهِ عَلَيۡهَا
If I were to command anyone to prostrate before anyone, I would have commanded the wife to prostrate before her husband, because of the enormity of his right upon her.
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said,
إِذَا دَعَا الرَّجُلُ امۡرَأَتَهُ إِلى فِرَاشِهِ فَأَبَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ لَعَنَتۡهَا الۡمَلَيِكَةُ حَتَّى تُصۡبِح
If the man asks his wife to come to his bed and she declines, the angels will keep cursing her until the morning.
Muslim recorded it with the wording,
إِذَا بَاتَتِ الۡمَرۡأَةُ هَاجِرَةً فِرَاشَ زَوۡجِهَا لَعَنَتۡهَا الۡمَلَيِكَةُ حَتَّى تُصۡبِح
If the wife goes to sleep while ignoring her husband's bed, the angels will keep cursing her until the morning.
This is why Allah said,
وَاللَّتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ
As to those women on whose part you see ill conduct, admonish them (first).
Allah's statement,
وَاهۡجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الۡمَضَاجِعِ
abandon them in their beds,
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said,
""The abandonment refers to not having intercourse with her, to lie on her bed with his back to her.""
Several others said similarly.
As-Suddi, Ad-Dahhak, Ikrimah, and Ibn Abbas, in another narration, added,
""Not to speak with her or talk to her.""
The Sunan and Musnad compilers recorded that Muawiyah bin Haydah Al-Qushayri said,
""O Allah's Messenger! What is the right that the wife of one of us has on him"" The Prophet said,
أَنۡ تُطۡعِمَهَا إِذَا طَعِمۡتَ وَتَكۡسُوَهَا إِذَا اكۡتَسَيۡتَ وَلَا تَضۡرِبِ الۡوَجۡهَ وَلَا تُقَبِّحۡ وَلَا تَهۡجُرۡ إِلاَّ فِي الۡبَيۡت
To feed her when you eat, cloth her when you buy clothes for yourself, refrain from striking her face or cursing her, and to not abandon her, except in the house.
Allah's statement,
وَاضۡرِبُوهُنَّ
beat them,
means, if advice and ignoring her in the bed do not produce the desired results, you are allowed to discipline the wife, without severe beating.
Muslim recorded that Jabir said that during the Farewell Hajj, the Prophet said;
وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ فِي النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ عِنۡدَكُمۡ عَوَانٍ وَلَكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِنَّ أَنۡ لَاا يُوطِيۡنَ فُرُشَكُمۡ أَحَدًا تَكۡرَهُونَهُ فَإِنۡ فَعَلۡنَ ذَلِكَ فَاضۡرِبُوهُنَّ ضَرۡبًا غَيۡرَ مُبَرِحٍ وَلَهُنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ رِزۡقُهُنَّ وَكِسۡوَتُهُنَّ بِالۡمَعۡرُوف
Fear Allah regarding women, for they are your assistants. You have the right on them that they do not allow any person whom you dislike to step on your mat. However, if they do that, you are allowed to discipline them lightly. They have a right on you that you provide them with their provision and clothes, in a reasonable manner.
Ibn Abbas and several others said that;
the Ayah refers to a beating that is not violent.
Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that;
it means, a beating that is not severe.
When the Wife Obeys Her Husband, Means of Annoyance Against Her are Prohibited
Allah said,
فَإِنۡ أَطَعۡنَكُمۡ فَلَ تَبۡغُواۡ عَلَيۡهِنَّ سَبِيلً
but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance),
meaning, when the wife obeys her husband in all that Allah has allowed, then no means of annoyance from the husband are allowed against his wife. Therefore, in this case, the husband does not have the right to beat her or shun her bed.
Allah's statement,
إِنَّ اللّهَ كَانَ عَلِيًّا كَبِيرًا
Surely, Allah is Ever Most High, Most Great.
reminds men that if they transgress against their wives without justification, then Allah, the Ever Most High, Most Great, is their Protector, and He will exert revenge on those who transgress against their wives and deal with them unjustly."
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